Including Saturday, the Red Sox have made seven roster moves in the last 11 days and 10 over the last 16. They have used 46 different players so far, just one shy of their mark (47) from last season. The Red Sox have used 22 pitchers this year, also just one behind the 23 the number they used last season.

Clay Buchholz explains his baserunning adventure. ... Tim Wakefield threw 3.2 innings (63 pitches) for Pawtucket yesterday. He allowed three hits, two runs and one walk, and struck out three.

Last year when Tay and I went to Baltimore for a pair we got a god-awful outing by Dice on Sat. night, but Beckett threw a gem Sunday to make it all better. Hope he does the same for you guys. He's a joy to watch when he's right.

So, apparently Kotch did swing 1st pitch. GDGD has the whole inning screwed up. Shows 4 pitches thrown to him, but the FIRST one says "in play, out(s)"I guess you're thinking you should get a good pitch to hit after 7 strt balls, but....I dunno. Ida wanted hin to take at leat 1.

When I heard Viola for the 1st time last night, I was really surprised they put him on the air. It's a bias of mine - not good. But to me his heavy accent makes him sound really stupid. Add that to what he's saying... announcer fail.

WOW did you see the play at the plate in the Trop? Who was that... Hill? Went busting into the catcher who was blocking the plate. He got the ball in time but he never really tagged him. Hill just shoved him out of the way, touched home plate and was safe.

When I heard Viola for the 1st time last night, I was really surprised they put him on the air. It's a bias of mine - not good. But to me his heavy accent makes him sound really stupid. Add that to what he's saying... announcer fail.

Ron Darling is calling the game on TBS. Is that what you would consider a Mass. accent? It sounds Mass. to me.He's actually pseudo-Canadian.